Education

As the Gem State’s four-year colleges and universities wait to see what will happen to their budgets at the state legislature, Idaho Matters checks in with College of Western Idaho Vice President of College Relations Mark Browning. The community college's budget has already been approved by lawmakers.

Idaho Matters learns more about the patchwork of mental health care for the state's youth and how this problem has been exacerbated by the pandemic.

Learning to read is a foundational skill critical to success in school and life. Idaho’s Lee Pesky Learning Center created a pilot program to address students with bilingual learning needs at risk of being left behind as the pandemic altered education this year.

Idaho House lawmakers contentiously debated an appropriations bill funding the state’s higher education institutions Wednesday. At the unique request of…

A gap year is time some students take away from the college classroom to volunteer, find themselves and generally prepare for the higher-ed experience.…

A gap year is time some students take away from the college classroom to volunteer, find themselves and generally prepare for the higher ed experience.…

The Wassmuth Center still has $1 million to raise for its $3 million building set to break ground by early October. But funding seems to be on track for…

Many young adults have a dream of leaving where they were raised, to find a life outside of the confines of where they grew up. Author Grace Olmstead…

The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights in downtown Boise is planning to build a one-of-a-kind human rights education center. The $3 million project is…

This year has been challenging for public school teachers navigating the pandemic. As the Idaho Legislature picks up speed in it’s final few weeks this…